中フランス語republiqueから、ラテン語respublicaから、res publica, public wealth, public affairs, public interestから、res, thing, thingから、語源はreal, realityと同じ、publica, publicから、語源はpublicと同じ。
英語の語源
republic
republic: [17] Latin rēspublica meant literally a ‘public matter’. It was a compound noun formed from rēs ‘thing, matter’ (source of English real) and publicus ‘public’ (source of English public). It was used as a term for the ‘state’ as governed by its people, and it was first taken over in English in the sense ‘state governed by elected representatives of the people, rather than by a king’ in the first decade of the 17th century. => public, real
republic (n.)
c. 1600, "state in which supreme power rests in the people via elected representatives," from Middle French république (15c.), from Latin respublica (ablative republica) "the common weal, a commonwealth, state, republic," literally res publica "public interest, the state," from res "affair, matter, thing" + publica, fem. of publicus "public" (see public (adj.)). Republic of letters attested from 1702.
例文
1. The Estonian parliament has passed a resolution declaring the republic fully independent.エストニア議会は、共和国の完全な独立を宣言する決議を採択した。
2.The parliament described the decree as interference in the republic 's internal affairs.
議会はこの法令を共和国の内政への干渉と形容している。
3.The republic is a melting pot of different nationalities.
この共和国は多民族の大溶鉱炉である。
4.The Republic was proclaimed in public with great ceremony.
共和国は公の場で非常に盛大に成立を宣言した。
5.Her private jet landed in the republic on the way to Japan.